Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire with enhanced wet grip
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Application No.: US16208342Application Date: 2018-12-03
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Publication No.: US11312185B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Jae Gang Park , Dong Uk Lee , Ha Eun Koog
- Applicant: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Novick, Kim & Lee, PLLC
- Agent Jae Youn Kim; Jihun Kim
- Main IPC: B60C11/12
- IPC: B60C11/12 ; B60C11/03 ; B60C13/02

Abstract:
Provided is a tire capable of efficiently discharging water, which is additionally absorbed through a plurality of flow tubes, through the flow tubes and a drain tube, thereby improving wet grip performance. The tire with enhanced wet grip includes a kerf formed on a block to discharge water introduced thereinto to a groove, a drain tube formed in the kerf in its longitudinal direction and connected to the groove to discharge the water to the groove, and a flow tube formed in the kerf toward the drain tube from an inlet of the kerf, into which the water is introduced, and connected to the groove or the drain tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190329598A1 TIRE WITH ENHANCED WET GRIP Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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